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I am not sure what your comment is suggesting? Literally the third sentence is: > Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series looking at the books, authors, a

I am not sure what your comment is suggesting? Literally the third sentence is: > Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series looking at the books, authors, and ideas capturing the zeitgeist in various countries this summer. Isn't capturing the zeitgeist exactly trying to understand what's occupying the thoughts of a country? Also I think you're greatly exaggerating the speed of "fashion". These are all issues we have been talking about for a long, long time. From tolerance [1] to education [2]. I don't see at all how this arcticle talks about a irrelevant topics, I can assure you these are all isssues we have been discussing for a longer time now. [1] since the refugee crisis it's one of the main themes of political discourse. We also experience a rise of the right and far-right and many are not sure how to react to this change of the policial landscape and where tolerance ends. I was quite active in politics 4 years ago and I remember it being important back then (which was even before the refugee crisis) because I had contact with a group organizing a counter demonstration to a far-right gathering. [2] During my time in school i was in one of the first in a new system and when I finished (5 years ago) many switched back to the old system. Our pisa-scores are still a major point for public dicsussion.

luckylion 7y ago
> since the refugee crisis it's one of the main themes of political discourse. That's very recent, so it may be fashion, who knows whether tolerance & diversity will still be a major topic in 2025. From my personal experience, education is a big topic, but mostly top-down. It's in politics, it's in the media, it's in literature, but it's not like average parents discuss the education system a lot. They're involved with details, but I've never witnessed a discussion at dinner or a party about the education system (while it'll quickly go to politics, economics etc, and most of my friends have children of school age).
- LeanderK 7y ago
  I am 24 years old. Maybe we have a vastly different notion of recent, but merkels decision was 2015, which is nearly 4 years ago. Maybe it's really a matter of definition or "recent" and "fashion", but I am not sure whether tolerance & diversity will still be a major topic in 2025. I hope not, 2025 is in 6 years and would like to see that we have moved on and got to a mutual agreement in our society. 2025 would be 10 years after the migrant crisis! I don't think we absolutly need to drag every topic out for whole generations to be not counted as "fashion" or "temporary". > From my personal experience, education is a big topic, but mostly top-down. It's in politics, it's in the media, it's in literature, but it's not like average parents discuss the education system a lot. They're involved with details, but I've never witnessed a discussion at dinner or a party about the education system (while it'll quickly go to politics, economics etc, and most of my friends have children of school age). I don't know if you're german? This is not what I experienced, like i said, i experienced two changes of the school system during my education, which lead to a lot of discussion. Also, while i am now out of school and in university for some time, the school system is still a topic of discussion in my extended family due to parents having to choose in which school their kids they should go. We have some private schools in germany that follows a different philosophy (and I really mean philosophy, there's a whole educational theory behind them), the "Montessori education". A part of my family is very convinced that the montessori philosophy is superior to the more rigid and less free philosophy in the public school system. This is not my point of view (I went to a public school), which I am willing to defend. This leads to real discussions over dinner or in the evening.

luckylion 7y ago

> since the refugee crisis it's one of the main themes of political discourse. That's very recent, so it may be fashion, who knows whether tolerance & diversity will still be a major topic in 2025. From my personal experience, education is a big topic, but mostly top-down. It's in politics, it's in the media, it's in literature, but it's not like average parents discuss the education system a lot. They're involved with details, but I've never witnessed a discussion at dinner or a party about the education system (while it'll quickly go to politics, economics etc, and most of my friends have children of school age).

LeanderK 7y ago
I am 24 years old. Maybe we have a vastly different notion of recent, but merkels decision was 2015, which is nearly 4 years ago. Maybe it's really a matter of definition or "recent" and "fashion", but I am not sure whether tolerance & diversity will still be a major topic in 2025. I hope not, 2025 is in 6 years and would like to see that we have moved on and got to a mutual agreement in our society. 2025 would be 10 years after the migrant crisis! I don't think we absolutly need to drag every topic out for whole generations to be not counted as "fashion" or "temporary". > From my personal experience, education is a big topic, but mostly top-down. It's in politics, it's in the media, it's in literature, but it's not like average parents discuss the education system a lot. They're involved with details, but I've never witnessed a discussion at dinner or a party about the education system (while it'll quickly go to politics, economics etc, and most of my friends have children of school age). I don't know if you're german? This is not what I experienced, like i said, i experienced two changes of the school system during my education, which lead to a lot of discussion. Also, while i am now out of school and in university for some time, the school system is still a topic of discussion in my extended family due to parents having to choose in which school their kids they should go. We have some private schools in germany that follows a different philosophy (and I really mean philosophy, there's a whole educational theory behind them), the "Montessori education". A part of my family is very convinced that the montessori philosophy is superior to the more rigid and less free philosophy in the public school system. This is not my point of view (I went to a public school), which I am willing to defend. This leads to real discussions over dinner or in the evening.